Category Archives: Vegetables and Salads

Blood Orange, Bufala and Pomegranate Salad Everything you see, said Sophia Loren, I owe to spaghetti. Beata lei. Lucky her. The carbohydrate load of a heaping plate of pasta asciutta doesn’t do quite as much for the rest of our … Continue reading →

Few vegetables are as revered in Roman cuisine as the artichoke. Late February marks the start of the artichoke season in Rome, and the lovely thistle vegetable makes its appearance in fruit and vegetable markets and on menus across the … Continue reading →

Italian food, we were once told, is the most unhealthy of all ethnic food in the U.S.. Worse than Asian food, worse than Mexican food. Sadly, in America and other countries outside of Italy, it is true. Italian food has … Continue reading →

Pasqua con i tuoi, Pasquetta con chi vuoi. Easter, the saying goes, should be spent with family. Traditions abound at Easter time in Italy, and of course many of them revolve around food. Easter breakfast at Stefano’s house is always … Continue reading →

Cooking in summer is more fun than in any other season. The flavors are explosive and intense, the days are longer so dinners are later, and everything is more relaxed. This weekend at the lake we cooked in our swimsuit … Continue reading →

I’m not sure what made us crave a torta rustica this weekend. Perhaps it was the dark and stormy week we’ve had that gave appeal to the scent of a savory pie baking in a warm oven. Or, maybe the … Continue reading →

Mens sana in corpore sano. A sound mind in a healthy body. This Latin phrase, which originates from the 1st century Roman poet Juvenal’s Satire X and is attributed to the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Thales, reflects the symbiotic relationship between … Continue reading →